Awesome Autumn - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy Friday!

My to do list this week is massive - I have barely got through a quarter of it and it's Friday already!  I guess I better get my skates on today.

I'm concentrating on what makes me happy at the moment and one of those is the autumn.  I just love everything about it!  So, I decided 'Awesome Autumn' would be the theme for the Daring Cardmakers challenge this week!

I absolutely loved creating this card although I did have to start from the beginning a couple of times as it wasn't quite what I had in my head at first.  The background was made using a blend of distress oxide inks.  The autumn die set helped create the scene and was also coloured using my distress oxides.

I stamped and coloured in the fox with my chameleon pens and added a little speech bubble from the same set.  Incidentally the stamp set was gifted to me by a very kind friend.

You can see lots more inspiration for this challenge from the rest of the Design Team HERE and I hope that you'll join in celebrating everything autumn with me!

Have a great weekend,

Shabneez 

Products Used:

Lawn Fawn Into The Woods Stamp Set
Time for Tea Designs Autumn Scene Builder Die Set
Chameleon Pen - NU4
Distress Oxide Ink Pads
Everything else from my stash

MAY Letters - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy Friday!

I've had a full on craft week with a sprinkling of house work and lots of cooking!  I need to get into the garden and sort it out but so far haven't had the time.

For the Daring Cardmakers challenge this week, Kathy has chosen something different and wants us to choose elements beginning with the letters of the month of MAY.  I have chosen Moving for the M, Aqua for the A and Yellow for the Y.

I thought I'd get a little die cutting in this week so that's what I've done apart from the sentiment!  This card is going to wing it's way to a friend of mine who has recently moved and I made it with her in mind.

I'm demonstrating at The Range in Romford this Sunday from 11am if you're in the area it would be lovely to meet you!

I hope you have a great weekend,

Shabneez

Products Used:

Sizzix Home Die #2

Sizzix Magical Unicorn Die Set

MFT Stitched Scallop Basic Edges 

Heffy Doodle Whatcha Sayin Now Stamp Set

Everything else from my stash

Just Stamping - Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Happy Friday!

I've had a very productive week which makes me happy.  Unfortunately, I'm not ahead of myself which I would have liked even more but neither am I behind!   I guess you can't have it all and I should be grateful I've ticked off so much on my to do lists.

The Daring Cardmakers challenge was chosen by Dawn this week, who wants to see only stamping on our cards.  I found this really difficult as I love to stamp and have no issues with it, but rarely do I use stamps by themselves.  My creations are usually combined with embellishments and die cuts.

I ended up using a pre loved Lawn Fawn stamp set and made my first Valentine!  I'm in love with the Catherine Pooler inks as the colours are so vibrant and make any card pop!  I stamped the banana in yellow all over randomly after I added a circle mask so I had space for my sentiment.  I added hearts stamped in red.  I finished with the sentiment in black and a red banner for the Happy Valentine's Day.  A fun card for a change!

I hope you'll join in with the challenge HERE and also see lots more inspiration for my fellow DT members.

I'll be back tomorrow with a fairy post so hope you'll pop in and see me again.  Thank you for your comments - they're all read and appreciated.

Shabneez

Products Used:
Lawn Fawn My Silly Valentine
Catherine Pooler Inks in Tutti Frutti, Tiara and Black Jack
Everything else from my stash

Happy Wedding - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy Friday!

Yet another glorious day.  My youngest has gone on a school trip so I was up early making sure his sun cream was liberally applied and he had his hat, water bottle and all the other necessities needed for a day trip.  It's heartwarming to see the enthusiasm with which he set off this morning and I hope he has a wonderful day.

Over on the Daring Cardmakers Ruth has a Wedding and Anniversary card theme going on for the latest challenge.  I actually need to make wedding cards as I have a few to attend over the summer.  However, with the mad week I've had I had half an hour this morning to make this card and photograph it before the 10am deadline when the blog goes live - oooops!

Luckily I had an idea in my head which always helps in times like this.  I recently bought a pre loved wedding themed stamp set from Lawn Fawn which was on my table waiting to be used.  I already had a pre cut frame die so this saved me time too.  I stamped the images I wanted and coloured them with my Zig pens then mat and layered the card.  I had some foiled card from another project I have been working on so punched out the hearts and added them as embellishments.

I'm back tomorrow with a blog hop so hope you'll pop by again!
Shabneez

Products Used:
Lawn Fawn Happy Wedding Stamp Set
Dienamics Stitched Collage Frame
Kuretake Zig Clean Color Pens
CrafTangles Foil
Fiskars Medium Heart Punch

Bearing Gifts for 2018!

Happy New Year!

To begin I must apologise for my absence from Blogland during December.  I had to take time out as I've had a loved one in hospital and visits were taking all my time.  I hope to catch up on blogs soon.

I'm up on the CrafTangles blog and throught I'd use a stamp set that works so well for winter cards even though it was intended for Christmas.  It has both sentiments and images ideal for this time of year.

Of course, my first card had to be one for the New Year!

I created the background using a CrafTangles stencil with distress inks.  I added Lawn Fawn stamps and dies cuts for the borders and sentiment.  To embellish I used glitter stars from the December Bubbly Funk Box.

I made the second card with a friend in mind whose birthday happens to be today!  Using the same stamp set I added die cuts and an embossing folder for the background.

To embellish I used glitter gems and washi tape.  You can find more details on these creations HERE.

Well, all that remains is for my to wish you all a very happy, healthy and successful New Year.  Thank you for all your support during 2017.

See you again soon,
Shabneez

Products Used:

CrafTangles Bearing Gifts Stamps

CrafTangles Everyday Sentiments Stamps

Craftangles Cardstock - Rose Pink

CrafTangles Cardstock - Midnight Black

Kuretake Zig Clean Color Pens

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Lawn Fawn

Glitter Stars from the December Bubbly Funk Box

All adhesives from Stix 2 Anything

Everything else from my stash